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Biao Gong ...
  • Sunneva Bernhardsdottir
  • Tom Li

Muskrat Falls/Labrador Transmission Assets Funding Trust and Labrador-Island Link Funding Trust: Rating Report

DBRS Limited (DBRS) confirmed its AAA ratings with Stable trends on the 2013 and 2017 Guaranteed Senior Bonds (collectively known as the Bonds), totalling $7.9 billion, issued by the Muskrat Falls/Labrador Transmission Assets Funding Trust and Labrador-Island Link Funding Trust (collectively known as the Issuers). The rating is predicated on two unconditional and irrevocable federal loan guarantees: the 2013 federal loan guarantee and the 2017 federal loan guarantee (together known as the Guarantee) of substantially similar nature, provided by the Government of Canada (Canada or the Guarantor). This rating action follows DBRS’s October 13, 2017, confirmation of Canada’s sovereign rating at AAA with a Stable trend.
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Biao Gong

Sunneva Bernhardsdottir

Tom Li

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